Side guard for spring-mattresses.



A. J. KREUZKA MP.

ARD FOR SPRING MATTBESSES. APPLICATION rum) JUNE 22. 1910.

SIDE GU Patented Feb. 21, 1911.

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Y ASSIGNOB TO THE ENGLANDER SPRING BED COMPANY, OF NEWIYORK, N. Y.,. ACORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

SIDE GUARD- FOB- SPRING-MATTRESSES.

To all whom it may concern:

Ilc it known that I, Auccs'r J. Kueuzlune, a citizen of theUnitedStatcs, residing at New York, borough of Manhattan, in the countyof New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Side Guards for Spring- Mattresses, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to metallic 'or spring mattresses, and moreparticularly to side guards therefor, the ob ect of the invention beingto provide an improved metallic or spring mattress having an improvedside guard eii'ective to prevent the spreading of the stufied mattressand the rolling of the edges thereof over the sides of the mattress, andwhich side guard will be comparatively simple. in construction andinexpensive to manufacture.

In the drawings accompanying and forming part of this specification,Figure 1 is a perspective view of a portion of a bedstead,

showing one end of this improved mattress in position thereon: and Fig.2 is an enlarged perspective view of a portion of said mattress.

Similar charactersof reference indicate corresponding parts in thefigures of the drawings.

The metallic or spring mattress frame usually comprises a pair of sidebars 2 and 3,

to each pair of which is secured a transversely extending or cross bar 5having upright projections or lugs 6, one ateach end thereof. To thesetransversely extending or cross bars are secured the metallic mattressor bed bottom 7, which may be of any suitable construction, it beingshown made up of longitudinally extending members or links 8 connectedby transversely extending members or links 9, thus forming a metallicfabric. The ends 0-? the fabric are connected by suitable helical orcoiled springs 10 with the transversely extend ng bars 5, thereby tohold the bottom under tension.

Extending along each side edge of,the fabric bottom is a lengthwiseextending metal strip 11, to which the outer setof transverselyextending members or links is s ecimens: of Letters Patent. Pat t d Feb,21, 1911. Application filed June 22, 1910. Serial No. 568,242.

the ends of the fabric, the strips thus lying fiatin the same plane asthe fabric bottom and forming a part thereof. Located above the stripandconnected with the upstanding projections of the transverse'bars is asuitable cable 14, which may be of any desiredslack, it being stretchedunder tension in the form shown in Fig. 2 and being held under tensionin the'form shown in Fig. 1 by the coiled springs.

To prevent'the sides of the mattress from spreading or being pushedthrough underneath the cable when the structure is in use, each cable isconnected with its fiat metal strip below the same by a series ofupright members or wires 15 secured to the cable in any suitable manner,as by being bent around the same, and to the strip in any suitablemanner, as by being passed through the openings 12 therein and headed onthe underside, or if preferred, these upright. members couni form a partor continuation of the outerrow of transverse links 9.

In practice the side guard will be slightly lower than the height of thestutl'ed mattress, so'that when the latter is compressed the upper edgeof the guard will not come above the plane of the stufied mattress.

It will be observed that in Fig. 1 the cables are provided with helicalsprings at their ends for imparting tension thereto, while the strips orlengthwise extending members below such cables are also provided withindependent helical springs at their ends for imparting tension thereto,and that in Fig. 2 the cable is stretched under tension while the stripsor lengthwise extending members therebelow have helical springs forimparting lengthwise tension thereto. By reason of the differentformation of the lengthwise extending members, one comprising a cableand the other a strip, it may be nece sary that each have a differenttension imparted thereto, and the flexible connecting members 15 willnot interfere with this.- Moreover the openings in the strip, which arelarger than the flexible connecting members 15 will also permit this.

c2 I s v I claim as 'myinvention;

1. A spr'in -mattress comprising a bottom stretched'un er-tension, saiubottom having at each side edge thereof a flat metal strip,

5 and a member extending along each longiparted to the cable.

3. A spring mattress comprisingia'bottom and side guards carriedthereby, one at 1 each side thereof, each comprising a cable.

' and a flat metal strip running lengthwise of the spring mattress andcable and one under the other and connected atintervals. T v

4. A spring mattress for-a bed comprising a bOttmnstretched undertension and si e guards carried thereby one at each side I thereof eachcomprising a pair'of lengthwise extending members spaced apart oneunder-the other and connected at intervals, and independent tensioningmeans for one or both of said lengthwise extending side guard memberswhereby the tension imparted to one of the members may be different fromthat imparted to the other.

5- A spring mattress comprising a bottomand. side guards carriedthereby, one at each :40 side thereof, each comprising a cable and afiat metal strip runnin len .hwise of the spring mattress and cab e anone under the other and connected at intervals, the strip being locatedin a plane substantially par- 4 5" allel with the bottom. I 6. A springmattress for a bed comprising a bottom made up of longitudinallyextendand transversely extending members and side guards carriedthereby, each com- .50 prising alengthwise extending member conneeadjacent toeach corner of the spring bottom and a series of uprightmembers connecting such member the bottom, one vadjacent to eachtransverse member thereof 515 whereby the side guard and bottom willmove in unison throughout the length of such guard, and helical springsfor impartingv longitudinal tension to the side guards.

spring mattress comprising a bottom nomads-up of ongitudinally andtransversely attending members and sideguards carried thereby, leachcomprising a lengthwise extending member connected adjacent to eachcorner of the spring bottom, a series of up- .65 right membersconnecting such member with the bottom, one adjacent to each transversecated at intervals connecting such lengthwise extending member and thebottom, 1 means for connecting each lengthwise extending member adjacentacorner of the bottom, each of said"upright-members be-- :inglocated inalinement withand forming a part of the outer row of transverse mem- Ybers forming the botto 9. A metallic mattress comprising a bot- 35 toman; transverse members to wh ch it is connected, said bottom-having ateach side edge thereof a'fiat metal strip alsoconnected to saidtransverse membersyand a side guard extending along each l-;;;igit-udinal edge of the bottom and connected with said metal strip.I v s 10. A metallic mattress comprising a bottom and transverse membersto which it is connected, said bottom having at each side edge thereof aflat metal strip also connected to said transverse members, and a sideguard extending along each longitudinal edge of the bottom and connectedwith said metal strip and comprising a cable con- 1 nected at-intervalswith said strip, and upstanding projections to which the ends of saidcable are attached.

11. A metallic mattress comprising a bottom and transverse members towhich it is connected, said bottom having at each side edge thereof aflat metal strip also connected to said transverse members, a side guardextending along each longitudinal edge of the bottom and connected withsaid metal strip and comprising a cable connected at intervals with saidstrip, upstanding projections to which the ends of said cableareattached, and coiled springs for connecting the metal strip with thetransverse members.

12. A metallic mattress comprising a bottom and transverse members towhich it is connected, said bottom having at each side edge thereof afiat metal strip also connected to said transverse members, a side guardex- 0 tending along each longitudinal edge of the bottom and connectedwith said metal strip and comprising a cable connected at intervals withsaid, strip, upstanding projectwns to which the ends of said cable areattached,-

coiled springs for connecting the metal strip with the transversemembers, and' coiled springs connectin the cable with. the upstandingprojectio s.

13. A metallic mattress comprisinga.

tom made up of 'a metallic fabric and t rzins- Yclsc members havingcoiled springs therehctween, said bottom having at each longttudinoledge a flat metal strip, coiled springs connecting, the ends of saidstrip with the transverse members, upstanding projections mrricd lr ysaid transverse--i'ncmhers one atcach cnd thereof, and side git: rdseach comprising a cable stretched between SflJd 0psuunling prolccti-ms,and wires connecting said cable with said tintv metal strip.

14'. A metallic mat-trees: comprising a bottum made up of 3' metallicf-tihric and trans- \"tl'H' members having coiled Springs therehrtwccn,said bottom having at cuclrlongitndinal edge a fiat metal strip. coiledsprings;

' connecting the ends of said strip with the trnnnx 1'31: members,upstanding projections; carried by said transverse members one at Gil-3iend thereof, side guards: cat-h cmnprie- .ing a cable stretched l)ll\\'(5t:n said upstaniiing projections and wires connecting said cablewith sziidiizit metal strip and located at intervals along the cable oneadjacent; to

a transverse wire of the bottom, and coiled,

springs connected. with the cable for imparting tension thereto.

' 15. A spring mattress comprising a bottom made upof lengthwise andtransversely extending members and side guards carried thereby eachcomprising 21 lengthwise extending member and upright memliers lo-,

hers for imparting tension thereto;

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